Smith v. Smith

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Fishburne.

The respondent obtained a judgment against the appellant, J. Harold Smith, in the sum of $425.00 actual damages, and $425.00 punitive damages, growing out of an action for slander. The defendant is' appealing from this judgment upon numerous exceptions.

The gist of the action is found in the allegations of Paragraph 2 of the complaint, which we here quote: “That on or about June 1, 1938, while the defendant was conducting a religious service before a great audience in Hendersonville, North Carolina, and contriving and maliciously…